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Nanocapsules based on carbon nanotubes-graft-polyglycerol hybrid materials
, Article Nanotechnology ; Volume 20, Issue 48 , 2009 ; 09574484 (ISSN) ; Mirab, N ; Zabihi, F ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
Abstract
In this work the effect of a conjugated macromolecule on the conformation of CNT was studied. Typically polyglycerol (PG) was covalently grafted onto the surface of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and MWCNT-graft-PG (MWCNT- g-PG) hybrid materials were obtained. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) experiments showed an average diameter around 100nm for MWCNT- g-PG hybrid materials in water. The difference between this size and the expected size for MWCNT- g-PG hybrid materials (the length of pristine MWCNTs was several micrometers) was assigned to the effect of the grafted PG on the conformation of MWCNT in the solution state. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) evaluations showed a change...